The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected congestive cardiomyopathy is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and records.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence and examination are required to determine the current severity of the Veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Congestive cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1643026
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain additional medical opinions and private treatment records related to the Veteran's cause of death, including his coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete development of medical records, specifically those from a private treatment provider in December 2018. The Veteran needs to provide a new VA Form 21-4142 authorization form for these records to be obtained.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's death is due to morbid obesity and congestive cardiomyopathy, but remanded for further development regarding whether service-connected conditions contributed to his death or if herbicide exposure was a factor.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's cause of death, congestive cardiomyopathy, is not considered to be related to service or any service-connected condition.
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